Re: [Harp-L] need some recommendations: diatonic instrumentalists

[Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just as a footnote to my last; 'Summertime' which you mentioned, Eric, is
one of those tunes that hang around. If it's a female vocalist I don't
know, I
know they will want to sing it. But here's a great interpretation of the
tune
with great improvisation, combined with a lot of recognisable blus-harp
licks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w5jnwWtnEg




On 15 September 2013 23:17, Rick Dempster <rickdempster33@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Eric,
>         I find myself wondering why, as a guy who is ".. mostly familiar
> with the
>
> well known blues harp players from the Walters to JR and all points in
> between" (I'm not sure about "all points in between") you are so keen to
> go directly to playing "modern". But it's a trend I've noted for a long
> time among blues players.
> If I were to advise a diatonic Richter system player, with a background of
> playing
> blues, wanting to play any kind of 'jazz' how to proceed, I'd say learn
> your scales and chord
> arpeggios, learn the 'standards' - a lot of modern stuff is based on the
> changes of
> 'standards' - and listen to all jazz, from, 20s on.
> I think a lot of the attraction for harp players to the 'modern' is that
> it sounds modal, and
> apparently open ended. I hear a lot of people trying to play mod. jazz on
> the harp, and
> most of them clearly know nothing about the harmonic underpinnings. All
> 'free'.
> I'd start by checking out Blues Birdhead, Rhythm Willie, Gwen Foster and
> Don Les for starters.
> Then there's Howard Levy, of course, to come up to date. Philip Jers, is
> someone who
> has impressed me, both on diatonic and chromatic. There's a cat in
> Nashville Tenn., whose name escapes me, but is well worth a listen
> ....ah..is it Bergerson? Joe Leone's diatonic playing is worth checking
> out too.
> (His chrom playing ain't bad either, but that's off-topic -just in case
> you read this, Joe)
> But maybe you are ahead of me anyway?
> Cheers,
> RD
>
>
>
> On 15 September 2013 04:43, Eric Miller <miller.eric.t@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hey all..
>>
>> I'm trying to build a repertoire of instrumental songs for live
>> performance
>> on diatonic.  Songs like Summertime and St. James Infirmary are "sort of"
>> in the vein I'm looking for, but hoping to get turned on to something more
>> modern than Jazz standards.  Jimi Lee and/or Brendan Power have some stuff
>> that's very close to what I'm looking for...
>>
>> I'm relatively new to the harmonica world, and I'm mostly familiar with
>> the
>> well known blues harp players from the Walters to JR and all points in
>> between, so I don't really know where to look for this kind of music for
>> inspiration/learning.
>>
>> Who are some well known diatonic performers who are well known to produce
>> a
>> good quantity and quality of modern instrumental music on the diatonic,
>> that would be suitable for building a live performance repertoire?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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